Arsenal new recruit , Mesut Ozil is loving life in the premier league, and also confirms Premier League as the best in the world. Ozil while speaking to the German Football Federation's website DFB.de while on international duty said: 'In football I feel generally very little pressure. 'I am doing what I enjoy most and what I do best. I love my work, so I just look forward to every game and do not concern myself so much with what others say or write. 'The pressure that I have, I mainly put on myself because I expect a high level of myself. But with this I can handle pressure very well and hide everything very well.'
'For me, the Premier League is the strongest league in the world,' he added. 'Even with my first few games, I've noticed how balanced the league is. This means that you will always be fully tested in each game - the games are very intense. I believe that I will benefit from it. Also striking is the atmosphere in the stadiums, the support of the fans - even the away fans - is impressive.'
Ozil, whose team Arsenal currently lead the Premier League standings on goal difference from Liverpool also dismissed the talk of Arsenal being the favorite to land the trophy this season by insisting that any talk of Arsenal winning their first Premier League title since 2004 is premature. He said: 'Hold on! We are now first, I'm happy about that. But we know that the season is still very long. 'To talk now about the championship is far too early. We continue to have a focused approach to each game and will try to do better as a team. If we do that, we have a great opportunity to achieve much. For that I will give everything.'
Ozil also credits his compatriots in the Arsenal squad - Per Mertesacker, Lukas Podolski, Serge Gnabry and Thomas Eisfeld - for helping him adapt, though the traditional karaoke initiation was not to his liking.
"When I sing, I do not like my voice. I do not think my colleagues understood what I sung, but I was glad that that is behind me. I must admit that there is still a little hitch with my English, because I definitely have to work on it. Even so it is important to me that at Arsenal so much German is spoken. Especially with Lukas and Per I have a very good relationship, we understand each other really well. The guys are all great, they help me and support me really fantastically. This is true for the whole team. The players at Arsenal are all very easy going, they come up to me, we laugh a lot and have fun. I really cannot say anything negative.'
From dailymail
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